That would place him at number two on Liverpool’s most expensive ever signings, below only the £35m infamously shelled out on Andy Carroll in January 2011 and ahead of the £25m spent prising Adam Lallana away from Southampton last summer.

The player’s agent has already indicated that his client would certainly leave Germany this summer, with the Premier League his likely destination.

Firmino will be back in action on Saturday where the Neymar-less team – the Barcelona striker is banned from the rest of the tournament – will take on Paraguay in the Copa quarter finals.

He is likely to start the game alongside his possible future team-mate, Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho. who started against Venezuela and played for 67 minutes.